as a Last Name
- 24,350
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hammer
Meaning & Origins
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or nickname for a forceful person.
| 1,488th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,350
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Hammer per capita
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